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Aigai (Vergina) – Dion

From €110

Trip at a Glance

Locations

Activities

Price

€110 EUR per person

Duration

8 hours

Departure Day(s) and Time(s)

Daily at 8:00 a.m

Starting Location

Your hotel

Price Includes

Bus tour, certified guide, a bottle of mineral water.

Notes

The degree of difficulty for this excursion: none. Please wear comfortable shoes, bring your hat and do not forget your camera. The tour can be modified based on demand (minimum 5 people) to have more time for a visit to Olympus. Climbing of Mount Olympus can be organized.

Highlights

Visit the tomb of Philip II in Aegae - king of Macedon and father to Alexander the Great.

Explore the sacrad site of the ancient Macedonians – Dion – where Alexander the Great went to ask the help of Gods before leaving for the expedition to Asia.

See the Temple of Isis and the villa of Dionysus with the mosaic of amazing art.

Tour the Archaeological Museum, where you will find among the numerous exhibits, a unique musical instrument finding - Hydraulis.

Enjoy a walk in the canyon of Enippeas and see where Aphrodite once took a bath.

Guide

Trip Info

We start this tour with a visit to the tomb of Philip II, the king of Macedon and father of Alexander the Great. The famous tombs you will see on this tour were the graves of Macedonians. Of the more than 300 tombs, only Philip II had never been looted.

Next on our tour, we will continue to the sacred site of the ancient Macedonians, Dion, where Alexander the Great went to ask the help of the Gods before leaving for his expedition to Asia. The Temple of Isis, the villa of Dionysus with the mosaic of amazing art, and the area as a whole is a surprise to visitors as it is located in the shadow of the legendary mountain of mythology, Mount Olympus. Here we will also visit the Archaeological Museum, where we will find a unique musical instrument – Hydraulis. The museum always impresses because of the number of exhibits, which goes to highlight the magnitude of the importance of Dion.

After our exploration of Dion, we will continue to the village of Litohoro where we will have lunch. This is followed by a wonderful walk in the canyon of Enippeas, where we will arrive at the place where Aphrodite took a bath. The walk lasts an hour and a half and leaves you with a wonderful feeling of being surrounded by the nature of the Olympus Gods.